Believe it or Not!

[dcunning30]

If you need further proof ask the average American which name sounds more familiar - Yuri Gagarin, Alan Shepard or John Glenn.

one wonders what answer you would get if you asked the average Russian citizen that same question.  

[Ivan]

Probably Gagarin... He ended up being buried at the famous Kremlin Wall memorial site.

You know what the oldest regular long distance airline route is that is still in existance... KLM Amsterdam - Jakarta. Started off with a Fokker F7b/3m somewhere in the 1920s, and took a week to complete

[JA 37 Viggen]

You ask an Yank what the first aircraft to break the sound barrier was, I bet half would say Concorde or Blackbird.

[WebbPA]

You ask an Yank what the first aircraft to break the sound barrier was, I bet half would say Concorde or Blackbird.

Nah.  Everyone knows it was George Welch in an F-86.

[Ivan]

You ask an Yank what the first aircraft to break the sound barrier was, I bet half would say Concorde or Blackbird.

Me163 Komet (lost the paperwork) or Bi-1 (nobody cared about finding out how fast these were as long as they were effective against He-111s... with about 10 built in total)

[DizZa]

Ask anyone except Australians what Australia is like and I'd bet they'd say a big, sandy, red desert woth Croc hunters everywhere.

You ignorant fools.

[H]

Ask anyone except Australians what Australia is like and I'd bet they'd say a big, sandy, red desert with Croc hunters everywhere.

It's red? :-? Oh, I feel so ignorant.
Hunting water related creatures in a desert does sound like a crock, though...  :P

8-)

[expat]

Ask anyone except Australians what Australia is like and I'd bet they'd say a big, sandy, red desert woth Croc hunters everywhere.

You ignorant fools.

You forgot BBQ's and Fosters stands on every street corner. 8-)

Matt

[JSpahn]

Hmmm,

 And I guess everybody in the USA is ignorant, yeah we all focus on Paris Hilton and we rarely walk away from our TV's

[H]

Ask anyone except Australians what Australia is like and I'd bet they'd say a big, sandy, red desert with Croc hunters everywhere. You ignorant fools.

You forgot BBQ's and Fosters stands on every street corner. 8-)
Matt

...and steak houses... :-? How do cattle graze in a desert? ... and how do you stay on your chairs and keep the settings on the table -- I mean, everything's down under? :-/

8-)

[dcunning30]

You ask an Yank what the first aircraft to break the sound barrier was, I bet half would say Concorde or Blackbird.

Why would you assume Americans are dumb like that?  

[expat]

You ask an Yank what the first aircraft to break the sound barrier was, I bet half would say Concorde or Blackbird.

Why would you assume Americans are dumb like that?  

Because America is a very insular nation. The vast majority of it's population only look inward. You, the other American Sim V members and most of my American friends are in the minority of people that look beyond the borders and know of the world beyond and what goes on in it. Unfortunately as we all to often see, regardless of topic, the majority manage to tar the rest with the same brush meaning, you are American, wear a baseball cap, chew tobacco, have a gun under your pillow and drive an SUV. It is stereotyping and it will never go away. Sometimes it is funny, and sometimes ignorant.

Matt

[H]

...The vast majority of it's population only look inward....It is stereotyping and it will never go away. Sometimes it is funny, and sometimes ignorant.

Stereotyping is more so resultant of the assumption of the stereotyper. The U.S. is at least slightly larger than Andorra; mutual styreotyping happens within its states, let alone of things outside of the nation's borders. That's why Foz may be shocked to find that not even all Texans ride a horse, shoot or even speak the same -- but that same stereotype may happen from elsewhere in the U.S., itself.

8-)

[Fozzer]

.....Foz may be shocked to find that not even all Texans ride a horse, shoot or even speak the same.....

Buggar... ...!

...and there's me thinking that GWB was a typical example of the average American Citizen... ...!

That's spoilt all the fun now... ...!

LOL... ...!

Paul...Watched too many John Wayne/Cowboy Films?.... ...!

[JSpahn]

You ask an Yank what the first aircraft to break the sound barrier was, I bet half would say Concorde or Blackbird.

Why would you assume Americans are dumb like that?  

Because America is a very insular nation. The vast majority of it's population only look inward. You, the other American Sim V members and most of my American friends are in the minority of people that look beyond the borders and know of the world beyond and what goes on in it. Unfortunately as we all to often see, regardless of topic, the majority manage to tar the rest with the same brush meaning, you are American, wear a baseball cap, chew tobacco, have a gun under your pillow and drive an SUV. It is stereotyping and it will never go away. Sometimes it is funny, and sometimes ignorant.

Matt

I can agree with that Americans are a self centered group of nutt jobs. But there are many in this country who are in tune with the rest of the world. It seems so one sided though because those self centered nutt jobs carry bigger sticks(big mouths). Us "in tune" individuals speak softly and tend to be more respectful towards others, in turn our movement is muted in the eyes of the world.

We are a split nation and its a shame that most Americans feel we don't have to respect the rest of the world There is much to learn from older and more evolved cultures.

Not to stereotype but if you ever hear an American say "America Love It or Leave it" they are usually full of themselves!